“In pet food case, US Supreme Court grapples with weight of a footnote”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post. howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2024/10/07/#22…

New: A federal judicial rules-making panel today agreed to study whether a nationwide rule requiring disclosure of third-party litigation funding in lawsuits is necessary at the urging of major companies, business groups and Republican lawmakers. reuters.com/legal/governme…

Wow

Today #SCOTUS denied review in twice-relisted Consumers' Research v. CPSC, challenging constitutionality of restricting President's removal power over officials. And this, asking whether property can be taken when the "public use" is a pretext for true motives. Fell 1 vote short.

A long-serving Delaware Chancery Court judge just compared litigation over so-called blank-check investment vehicles to an anaconda snake that takes a year to digest its food. Read more in my latest column: reut.rs/4e4HYWd

I write all the time about class actions and MDLs. But a new lawsuit in Delaware Chancery Court has me wondering if I’ve failed to heed what appears to be an expanding segment of the class action ecosystem. Read my latest column: reut.rs/4fk7lEv

Elon Musk has secretly been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022 on.wsj.com/48jWPuO on.wsj.com/48jWPuO

Reuters Legal Business reporter Karen Sloan explains why more people want to be lawyers this year reut.rs/40jp3Ee ⬇️

Column: Litigation funder's lawsuit exposes underside of mega class actions reut.rs/3UqsvZU

NBC asks Judge Chutkan for right to televise US v Trump immunity determination hearings in DC, which "go to the strcuture of American democracy" & “may be [among] most important arguments ever made before any US court.” ... /1

... NBC argues that American public has "extraordinary interest" in seeing hearings involving allegations that Trump, "a current nominee for reelection to the Presidency, sought to destroy our nation's democracy for personal benefit." ... /2

... "The public should be permitted to see & hear the argument ... that will determine who is subject to the law, and to what extent." ... /3

... Motion also stresses that no witnesses or jurors will be present, and that DC & SCOTUS arguments on same issues were live-streamed. Seeks (1) live transmission; (2) slight delay; or at least (3) taping for historical purposes. Full motion here: bit.ly/3YIsUco /4-end

Musk a no show at start of court hearing on $1 million voter giveaway reuters.com/legal/musk-due… / via jack queen

Friend bought you a ticket to the big game? You still have to arbitrate, says US appeals court. Read more in my latest column: reut.rs/3NNhb6h

Now -- Elon Musk loses bid to move $1 mln giveaway election case to US federal court in PA. Order:

In her last column as a legal journalist, Alison Frankel reminisces on what captivated her about litigation over the course of her decades-long career reut.rs/3VNcFsO

A former federal judge and director at a pharmaceutical company has dropped his lawsuit accusing national plaintiffs' law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro of failing to pay him his share of attorney fees from a lawsuit against drugmaker Wyeth reut.rs/4gR7L63

Update: Trump has refiled his lawsuit against the Des Moines Register in state court after withdrawing it in federal court. Not clear on the legal strategy here, but it does not look like Trump is abandoning the litigation.